The Gun Thread
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Academy Sports has a sale on 9mm ammo. This is the same ammo they sell at the gun range, which is good for target practice. Is that a really good price for 350 rounds? Also, what is the best "home protection" ammo in 9mm? Are hollow points the best?
https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/blazer-full-metal-jacket-9mm-luger-115-grain-handgun-ammunition
https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/blazer-full-metal-jacket-9mm-luger-115-grain-handgun-ammunition
.18 a round, I got free shipping with no tax when I punched it in, sounds better than most I have seen, if I wasn't working on a case already I would do it, it is the lighter 115 grain which would be lower pressure and easier for your bride to handle build confidence.
A friend on another site spoke of hitting an intruder in the knee with a 9mm and it ended the threat, I believe it was a fmj. A hit with a fmj should always be more effective with stopping the threat than a miss with a hollow point.
A friend on another site spoke of hitting an intruder in the knee with a 9mm and it ended the threat, I believe it was a fmj. A hit with a fmj should always be more effective with stopping the threat than a miss with a hollow point.
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I was reading through this article on top-five options for 9mm self-defense ammo:
https://www.google.com/amp/www.wideopenspaces.com/5-best-9mm-self-defense-ammo-picks/amp/
https://www.google.com/amp/www.wideopenspaces.com/5-best-9mm-self-defense-ammo-picks/amp/
That Blazer Brass is good stuff. Priced at about $9 a box is really good.
There are different schools of thought on self defense ammo, but in the 9mm, I would only recommend HP ammo. FMJ ammo has way too much penetration, with almost zero expansion. The 9mm needs expansion to make it a reliable "stopping" round..IMO, of course.
I think the FBI uses 147gr HP loads. I've read a whole bunch of other folks that think the 124gr HP is better, because of slightly higher velocity, which might help the HP expand more reliably.
Personally, I carry 124gr HST's.
There are different schools of thought on self defense ammo, but in the 9mm, I would only recommend HP ammo. FMJ ammo has way too much penetration, with almost zero expansion. The 9mm needs expansion to make it a reliable "stopping" round..IMO, of course.
I think the FBI uses 147gr HP loads. I've read a whole bunch of other folks that think the 124gr HP is better, because of slightly higher velocity, which might help the HP expand more reliably.
Personally, I carry 124gr HST's.
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Just sayin.....
Just sayin.....
that is always a good first move, too clean the new firearm, the shoot enough to "break it in", our smith at the prison suggested cleaning it first then shooting it without lube, then cleaning it again and wherever you see a shiny spot, put some good grease on it.
Revolvers don't require a firm wrist to allow the action to work plus they require a positive action to pull the trigger rotating the cylinder and releasing the firing mechanism.
Especially for a lady who may not fire enough rounds to remain proficient we have had the best experience with revolvers in personal safety situations. Shooting is a perishable skill.
blessings
Revolvers don't require a firm wrist to allow the action to work plus they require a positive action to pull the trigger rotating the cylinder and releasing the firing mechanism.
Especially for a lady who may not fire enough rounds to remain proficient we have had the best experience with revolvers in personal safety situations. Shooting is a perishable skill.
blessings
That is a possibility, I suppose, so a good takedown and cleaning certainly wouldn't hurt.
There are other things that can cause "jamming"... it's important to figure out if the pistol had a failure to feed, or a failure to eject, or a failure to fire. Knowing that can help you find a solution.
As mentioned by DC, keeping your wrist pretty rigid is important. If you let your wrist flex backward with the recoil, you will be absorbing some of the rearward movement of the slide.... acting as a shock absorber.... which can keep the slide from making it all the way back, which can cause both failure to eject, and failure to feed.
Some new pistols simply require a few hundred rounds to be fired through them... breaking them in, before they lose the occasional hang-up.
Shittim's ( I figured I better not abbreviate HIS name) gunsmith had some good advice, too....
There are other things that can cause "jamming"... it's important to figure out if the pistol had a failure to feed, or a failure to eject, or a failure to fire. Knowing that can help you find a solution.
As mentioned by DC, keeping your wrist pretty rigid is important. If you let your wrist flex backward with the recoil, you will be absorbing some of the rearward movement of the slide.... acting as a shock absorber.... which can keep the slide from making it all the way back, which can cause both failure to eject, and failure to feed.
Some new pistols simply require a few hundred rounds to be fired through them... breaking them in, before they lose the occasional hang-up.
Shittim's ( I figured I better not abbreviate HIS name) gunsmith had some good advice, too....
Yes, plastics, or "combat tupperware" as some refer, are a different world and I am not sure what would happen i have heard Birchwood Casey spray is real close if not the same so I think I will check out their label and get back to you on that, my Glocks seem to not mind brake cleaner. I know sour cream chip dip will remove bluing from a Ruger mini 14, oops!
blessings and Merry Christmas all!
blessings and Merry Christmas all!
